July 2014

Venture capital-backed Zayo Group, which has been ambitiously building an international fiber network through acquisitions, now has plans to go public. The Colorado-based company recently filed its S1 form for …

As data becomes increasingly important to service assurance, Anritsu is looking to take a more active role in providing data that can help the network to operate. The company elaborated …

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless The Transportation Safety Board says it will not allow uncharged cell phones or other uncharged portable electronics to board U.S.-bound …

There may be a light at the end of the tunnel for contractors who have been forced to cut workers due to AT&T’s infrastructure spending slow down. Analysts and contractors …

While IoT creates process improvements across all industries and facets of life, it increases the need for mobile security.

T-Mobile US continued to fight back against allegations made this week by the Federal Trade Commission that the carrier had profited by providing billing services for what turned out to …

Welcome to this week’s edition of cell tower industry news, created by Jarad Matula and brought to you by Towercrews.net. Tragedy in Kentucky It was supposed to be a quiet, easy …

LightSquared’s path to redemption continues, as the spectrum license holder and satellite communications provider announced a $3 billion restructuring plan. According to The Wall Street Journal, the plan would give …

Test and measurement company Anite reported that after a challenging first half in handset testing, it saw improved performance to finish out its fiscal year. Overall, its revenues dropped slightly …

Ivan Mishanin, managing director at Bright Box, gave RCR Wireless News a demonstration of the company’s connected car platform that allows users to control aspects of an automobile via smartphones and …

Software is becoming an increasingly important part of telecommunication networks and deployments as both wired and wireless carriers look to add functionality to operations while increasing simplicity and reducing costs. …

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless Microsoft has clearly decided that it needs to make hardware if it wants to be relevant in mobile, and now …

Nokia Networks announces two acquisitions Nokia Networks said today that it will buy Nice Systems’ 3D geolocation business to enhance the planning and optimization of mobile networks. “The evolution of …

Mexico’s senate is scheduled to hold a special session to debate additional laws to the country’s new telecommunications regulations designed to curb the market dominance of companies owned by billionaire Carlos Slim. The session is …

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on …

Rural telecommunications provider Vermont Telephone expanded its LTE-based wireless broadband services across portions of Vermont. The company said the expansion pushes its coverage to more than 20,000 homes and businesses …

Deutsche Telekom’s operating companies in Romania and Slovakia have deployed rich communications services branded as Joyn. Cloud company Jibe Mobile developed the white-label services, which are being delivered via Jibe’s …

Peter Nas, senior solutions architect for F5 Networks, spoke with RCR Wireless News on diameter signaling at the LTE World Summit 2014. Nas said that as next-generation networks become a …

The Federal Communications Commission’s attempt to create the Citizen Broadband Radio Service that would include 150 megahertz of spectrum between the 3550-3700 MHz bands has run into opposition from the …

Mobile Minute: The Mobile Minute is sponsored by SpiderCloud Wireless The app arms race may be set for a slowdown, with new data from Nielsen suggesting that Americans are approaching …